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Bond sales (Wood Gundy Co.)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription208
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 folders textual records
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 folders textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 1892
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Training Photos
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55154
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 21 cm x 25 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- Group portraits of Scouters taken during leader training camps at Gilwell in Manning Park, Legg Farm in Healy, and at Crescent Beach. File also includes three photographs of Scouters participating in training exercises.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 21 cm x 25 cm and smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Group portraits of Scouters taken during leader training camps at Gilwell in Manning Park, Legg Farm in Healy, and at Crescent Beach. File also includes three photographs of Scouters participating in training exercises.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- 631-036-1:631-036-4 originally housed in envelop with note in blue ink reading: "Fred Adams #3 New Westr. Troop (Scouters at Gilwell '51) From: Stella Adams #9-B.P.Guild"
- Note in blue ink on verso of 631-036-1 reads: "Monkey Bridge Tresle 1951 Manning Park"
- Note in blue ink on verso of 631-036-2 reads: "L-R Don Crawley, Howard Steres, Art Skipry, Art Bourrows"
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-3 reads: "Archdeacon Resker "Camp Chief" at Gilwell Manning Park 1951"
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-4 reads: "Gilwell 1951"
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-6 reads: "Troop Leaders Wood Badge 1954"
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-7 reads: "Troop Leaders Wood Badge 1954 Legg Farm - Healy BC"
- Notes adhered to verso of 631-036-8 read: "1st Prov. Training Team Course Crescent Beach, B.C. May 1964"; "Stan Fisher Betty Forbes Don Phipps Len SMith (bby) Jo Smith"
Images
50th Anniversary G.G.C.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4594
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926-1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (51 photographs + 1 postcard + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was cele…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (51 photographs + 1 postcard + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was celebrated at St. Nicholas Church in 1960 while the second half documents earlier events from 1926, as well as other events in the 1960s such as; "Year of the Golden Jubilee", a parade in North Burnaby as well as Thinking Day 1976-1978, banquets, a disco contest, camping on Hollyburn mountain and a visit to Victoria in 1979. On November 3rd, 1926 the company was registered as the 5th Burnaby Guide company, in 1951 the number was changed to the 4th Vancouver Guide Company and in 1956 the number was changed to the 4th Burnaby Company.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.166
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1926-1979]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Items within scrapbook have been redacted in compliance with Section 22 of FIPPA
- A selection of photographs are described at item level (BV015.35.285 to BV.015.35.300).
Images
Documents
Burnaby - Images of Change - slide presentation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13116
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- February 1978 (date of slide show)
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides includ…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of fifty two slides used for a Hertiage Village Museum presentation titled "Burnaby - Images of Change". The slides were part of a resource kit prepared by "Heritage Village Education" and consist of copies of historical photographs taken between 1891 and 1931. Numbered slides include; "1) Title slide; 2) Mr. and Mrs. S. Shepard Samuel, 1904; 3) The McMurray Family 1907; 4) The Bateman Family; 5) Mr. Alexis Shaw; 6) Dr. R. Ellen Walker; 7) Home of Col. J. Ward on the north side of Burnaby Lake; 8) Cameron home located on New Westminster Road - now Kingsway; 9) Home of L.C. Hill, "Brookfield" 1894; 10) Bernard Hill's home on Burnaby Lake, 1910; 11) Bateman Family residence under construction, 1920; 12) Bateman residence known as "Elworth House" completed in 1922; 13) Early logging operaton in 1890 using oxen and a skid road; 14) Steam donkey and loggers; 15) Cord wood delivery in 1925; 16) L.C. Hill's strawberry farm in 1895; 17) Strawberries being delivered to New Westminster in 1896; 18) Haying operation on Douglas Road in 1906; 19) 1906 haying scene in the Burnaby Lake area; 20) Kingsway store of Mr. C.B. Button, 1904; 21) Model Grocery stroe at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 22) Dow Grocery store at Hastings and Sperling in 1920; 23) Zebulon Frank's hardware store in 1887 - Vancouver; 24) Inside of a phography shop, 1910- Vancouver; Burnaby's first Municipal Council, 1892; 25) Burnaby's first Municipal Hall opened in 1899; 27) Presbyterian Church in Westminster Road at Central Park, 1896; 28) St. John the Devine Church in 1896; 29) First school in Burnaby near Edmonds and Douglas Road; 30) School Children, 1904; 31) Miss Harriett Woodward's private school near Deer Lake, 1907; 32) Gilmore Avenue School, March 17, 1920; 33) Pupils of Edmonds Street School, 1922; 34) L.C. Hill Family picnic in July 1892; 35) Lewis Family picnic in 1910; 36) Catch of fish from Deer Lake, 1910; 37) Hunting scene in Burnaby area, 1910; 38) Burnaby's first lawn bowling green, 1907; 39) Skating on Deer Lake, 1912; 40) Skating party on Deer Lake in the winter of 1921; 41) Boating on Deer Lake, 1922; 42) Burnaby's first May Day celebration in 1925; 43) May Day, 1926; 44) Westminster to Vancouver Tram, 1892; 45) Interurban powerhouse at Edmonds and Highland Park, 1891; 46) Douglas Road, 1895; 47) Horse team hauling crushed rock for Douglas Road, 1911; 48) Horse and cart passing cleared land; 49) Cyclist, 1912; 50) The Opening of the paved road (Kingsway), 1913; 51) Painting the white line on Kingsway, 1928; 52) First auto in Burnaby circa 1905; 53) Alfred Bingham and his model T. Ford, 1931".
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.734
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- February 1978 (date of slide show)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Original photograph content ranges between 1891 and 1931.
- Description of slides taken from "Slide indentification" list BV020.5.735
- See also audio recording commentary BV020.5.733
Burnaby Lake birds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91685
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 54 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake birds compiled by Doreen Lawson. Species depicted include: American coot, pied-billed grebe, barrows and common goldeneye, green-winged teal, wood duck, mallard duck, dowitcher, bittern moved beak, pileated woodpecker, and pigeon.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 54 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake birds compiled by Doreen Lawson. Species depicted include: American coot, pied-billed grebe, barrows and common goldeneye, green-winged teal, wood duck, mallard duck, dowitcher, bittern moved beak, pileated woodpecker, and pigeon.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photographs
- Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.
- Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-003-1 : 618-003-4 originally housed in read: "American Coots".
- Note in black ink on recto of slide sheets photographs 618-003-5 : 618-003-26 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Duck-like Birds".
- Note in black ink on recto of slide sheets photographs 618-003-27 : 618-003-31 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Duck-like Birds - Local".
- Note in black ink on recto of slide sheets photographs 618-003-43 : 618-003-51 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Shore Birds / Long Billed Dowitchers".
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Burnaby Lake Show / originals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91683
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle, muskrat, Canadian goose, beaver, wood duck, bullrushes, yellow and white waterlilies, yellow iris, and loosestrife. Also included in the slideshow are photographs of the BC Wildlife rescue and fisherman working in the Brunette River.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Animals - Birds
- Animals
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Chapman, Fred
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from sheets slides
- Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Edmonds waterworks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription365
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, financial papers, and other records related to the construction of a water works station in Edmonds District, built by the Dominion Wood Pipe Co. Ltd. in 1910. File also includes catalogue/flyer advertisements for equipment used in the construction of the water works …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2058
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, financial papers, and other records related to the construction of a water works station in Edmonds District, built by the Dominion Wood Pipe Co. Ltd. in 1910. File also includes catalogue/flyer advertisements for equipment used in the construction of the water works station.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- For related records see also files 6-3-2-7 and 6-3-2-8.
Fire fighters' annual tree chip and burn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95986
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of fire fighters working the Burnaby Fire Department's annual Christmas tree chip and burn at Burnaby Fire Station #1. Photographs show fire fighters warming their hands and watching as a pile of scrap wood and trees burn.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1737
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of fire fighters working the Burnaby Fire Department's annual Christmas tree chip and burn at Burnaby Fire Station #1. Photographs show fire fighters warming their hands and watching as a pile of scrap wood and trees burn.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1737-1: "Russ Flasch and Joe Tyler warm their hands at the Burnaby Firefighters' annual Christmas tree chip and burn, Saturday at Fire Hall No. 1."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1737-2: "Shaun Redmond keeps a close eye on the bonfire at the Burnaby Firefighters' annual Christmas tree chip and burn, Saturday at Fire Hall No. 1."
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 4867 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
George Jeffery papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57761
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to George Jeffery, including a record of his fingerprints and a list of duties for his job as the "Night Gaoler". Also included in the file are various receipts from wood suppliers and two pages of guidelines on how to write to the Imperial Pension Office.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-010
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to George Jeffery, including a record of his fingerprints and a list of duties for his job as the "Night Gaoler". Also included in the file are various receipts from wood suppliers and two pages of guidelines on how to write to the Imperial Pension Office.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Girl Guiding
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4588
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook contains photographs along with bits and pieces of ephemera. Included in the material is a four page, type-written diary of a Girl Guide camp held at Aldergrove Beach in August of 1963. Many of the photographs document the activities of the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company and include photos of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in uniform on roller skates; Burnaby District Camp (Aldergrove, BC) / 1948; Hiking; Canadian Girl Guide Golden Jubilee; Open House at St. Alban’s church hall; a hand tinted photo of Ivy McGeachie 1939 and the 2nd Kamloops Folk Dance – Yale Cariboo Musical festival 1951.
- Creator
- McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.160
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1939-1951
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- Some photographs within scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.191 to BV015.35.210)
Images
Documents
Habitat for Humanity development
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97695
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Habitat for Humanity development in Burnaby and the volunteers at work on the site. Photographs depict volunteers engaged in construction and posing in and around the under-construction townhouses, and close-ups of the muddy ground and a sign signed by volunteers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2970
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Habitat for Humanity development in Burnaby and the volunteers at work on the site. Photographs depict volunteers engaged in construction and posing in and around the under-construction townhouses, and close-ups of the muddy ground and a sign signed by volunteers.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential
- Buildings - Residential - Townhouses
- Construction
- Persons - Volunteers
- Organizations - Charities
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-1: "Peter Emlick and Peri Hansen are eagerly anticipating moving into their own home at Burnaby's Habitat for Humanity development. The couple were amongst the first volunteers at the project, and the first elligible buyers. Habitat for Humanity builds low-income housing for people who would otherwise be unable to afford to own their own homes. Most of the construction is done by volunteers."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-2: "Art Wosminity takes a break from drywall taping in one of the units."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-3: "Volunteers help clean up the site."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-4: "Peri Hansen says she's most thrilled about "finally having a view" from the kitchen of her new home, still under construction at Burnaby's Habitat for Humanity. "
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-5: "Mario Galdamez takes in the view from the deck of his townhouse unit at Burnaby's Habitat for Humanity."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-6: "Habitat for Humanity projects are built largely by volunteers who exchange "sweat equity" for the chance to live in the developments. But at Burnaby's Habitat for Humanity, on a recent Saturday after heavy Fall rains, Mitch Uh felt like he was giving "mud equity.""
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-7: "Kerry MacLaren and Sandy Stephens sort through wood scraps at Burnaby's Habitat for Humanity project."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2970-8: "Volunteers at Buranby's Habitat for Humanity project leave behind their signatures on a sign in the worksite's lunch area."
- Geographic Access
- Government Street
- Street Address
- 8745 Government Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Interurban, Ceperley and Madill houses and Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4622
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; negatives 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs taken from original photographs of the Ceperley house and grounds "Fairhaven", the Madill family and house, Deer Lake, an Interurban train with "Westminster" signage on the front of the roof next to an unidentifed siding building and an unidentified two storey wood fra…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; negatives 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs taken from original photographs of the Ceperley house and grounds "Fairhaven", the Madill family and house, Deer Lake, an Interurban train with "Westminster" signage on the front of the roof next to an unidentifed siding building and an unidentified two storey wood frame house with two towers on either side of the verandah.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- Ceperley, Grace
- Accession Code
- BV018.15.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Notes
- Title based on content of photographs
Images
Parslow family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88219
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (29 photographs) : 21 x 25 cm. - 14 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Parslow family and Riverway East Class in South Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (29 photographs) : 21 x 25 cm. - 14 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm or smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 572-017
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2014-27
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Parslow family and Riverway East Class in South Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Photographs include 1 copy negative
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-017-30 reads: "Alice & friend/ building the house"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-017-31 reads: "Alice Gordon/ wood pile"
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph 572-017-36 reads: "Dundonald Church Young Peoples Group/ Alice second Row 2nd over"
- Note in ink on verso of paper that photograph 572-017-38 is mounted on reads: "Riverway East School/ Marine Drive Burnaby/ Alice- 3rd Row-right hand side/ Ches-2nd on left-back row"
- Note in blue ink and pencil on verso of photograph 572-017-39 reads: "Frank Ockenden's car/ 4323 E. Georgia/ car?/ late 40s/ Parslow home on Georgia"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 572-017-40 reads: "Dear Mary & all, We had another film developed & discovered these pictures were in it. So we want you to have one. Are you enjoying your holidays? We are having a lovely time in Kamloops we livenear the park & swimming pool. Patsy want to see you & Pearl. Love to all- Patsy & [MoJ.C.]"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-017-41 reads: "Mary & Gordon Parslow/ home on leave R.C.A.F."
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 572-017-42 reads: " Nov. 12, 1944/ Mr. & Mrs. Kilpatrick & Georgie/ Neibours-Marine Dr."
Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6973
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard ; 76 cm x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of - ReSubdivision / of / Lots 1-18 inclusive / Blocks 20 and 21 / in Sub…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 plans : blueprint ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard ; 76 cm x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales [between 1:792 and 1:4752]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "4"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of four New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of - ReSubdivision / of / Lots 1-18 inclusive / Blocks 20 and 21 / in Subdivision / of / Lot 53 -Gr.1 / New Westminster District" / "Subdivision Lot Numbers - Shown in Red". Plan is bordered by First Street / Jorgenson's Line / Fourth Avenue and Second Street with Fifith Avenue running through the centre. There is an index in the upper right corner of the plan. Planned is signed by "Peter Byrne" and "William R. Phillips" and dated July 28, 1908. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of / Lot 159 / and a Portion of Lot 158 / Group One / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Lots 96 and 97; South Wilson Street; North Arm Road and Lot 160 / Power House Road (Lot 155 A). B.C.E.R. Gilley Station is identified in the upper right corner of the plan. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint plan identified as "Subdvs 10, L 88 and Lot 25, G. 1" Plan identifies Cumberland Street running from top to the bottom and a Ravine running alongside with the Jensen house, stable and barn. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint Plan of "Lot 153. G. 1 /New Westminster District". Plan identifies the "New Westminster & Vancouver Tramway" and the "New Westminster and Vancouver Road" running through the plan of Lot 53. (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Blueprint plan of "Profile on Proposed North Rd. Diversion". 2. Blueprint plan (no title) showing wood lots north of Burnaby Lake and Brunette River and west of North Road. Various lots are identified as "Heavily Timbered" (Lot 57); "Splendid Fir and Cedar / Heavy Fir etc. / Fine Cedar" (Lots 143, 148); "Rough Light Timber," (Lot 56); "Some Fir and Cedar" (Lot 40). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a Portion / of Lot 87, Gr.1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Burnaby Lake at the top and Hastings Road / Lot 86 at the bottom and Lot 90 to the east. "Albert J. Hill B.C.LotS." Annotation in ink reads: " J.A. Brownlee, B.C.L.S. / Subdivision / Map 1494 / Bd. 248". Plan is signed by "Peter Byrne, Reeve" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Blueprint plan of Subdivisions along either side of Douglas Road including Lots 117; 119; 74; 80; 79 and 77. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Blueprint "Plan / of / Subdivision of / Lot 27 / in Subdivision / of / Lot 30 / Group One / New Westminster District" Plan is bordered by Lot 26, Lot 28 and Hastings Rd. Lot 27 runs north of Edmonds Street. , "Albert J. Hill, B.C.LotS." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Blueprint plan identified as a "Cultivated Orchard" including the names "W. Grace" and "G. Mead" located north of the North Arm Fraser River and west of "Twentieth Street_ City Boundary". Handwritten annotation in coloured pencil reads: "Portion of Lot 172" (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Forests
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- North Road
- Hastings Street
- Douglas Road
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1908]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scale
- 72
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches)
- The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”-
Images
Camp Freeze
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98020
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w negatives ; 55 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a Boy Scouts flag raising event held in a forested park. Photographs depict Scouts and their families gathered in the park's parking lot which is full of camper vans and participating in a flag raising ceremony near the woods.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w negatives ; 55 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a Boy Scouts flag raising event held in a forested park. Photographs depict Scouts and their families gathered in the park's parking lot which is full of camper vans and participating in a flag raising ceremony near the woods.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from original slide envelope
Images
Cormorants
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91686
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of cormorants. In three of the photographs cormorants are perched on wooded structures on Burnaby Lake; in the forth a cormorant is depicted taking flight from the water. The cormorants are medium-to-large sized birds with dark feathers and long, thin yellow bills.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of cormorants. In three of the photographs cormorants are perched on wooded structures on Burnaby Lake; in the forth a cormorant is depicted taking flight from the water. The cormorants are medium-to-large sized birds with dark feathers and long, thin yellow bills.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from note on slide sheet photographs were originally housed in
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Hike and Raft
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98026
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a Boy Scout hike and raft trip in October 1975. Photographs depict the troop hiking in the woods, building and sailing rafts, and relaxing at camp.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-023
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a Boy Scout hike and raft trip in October 1975. Photographs depict the troop hiking in the woods, building and sailing rafts, and relaxing at camp.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from note on verso of photograph
Images
Motor bus franchise
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription950
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to the application made by J.G. Woods to operate a motor bus franchise in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2723
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to the application made by J.G. Woods to operate a motor bus franchise in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record